Tag: drought
World’s richest 10% responsible for two-thirds of global heating since 1990:...
They discovered that emissions from the richest 10 percent of people in China and the United States alone each resulted in an increase of two to three times the heat extremes in vulnerable regions.
Rain and heat, fire and snow
The world as we knew it really is ending faster than some of us ever expected.
Oxford study warns extreme heat and drought to hit 90% of...
The life-threatening impacts of the global climate emergency have only continued to reverberate in 2023.
Utah’s Great Salt Lake reaches record-low water level
While the west is experiencing a mega-drought, the lake is at its lowest water level since recording started in 1847.
Desertification and land degradation now affects 50% of world’s population, economy:...
Damage to soils and water has dire consequences for humanity, a new report warns ahead of meeting of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification.
Warmer, drier spring to bring worsening drought to US, NOAA report...
Likely worsening conditions in many of the areas already experiencing drought could lead to additional heatwaves.
Climate crisis has made western US megadrought worst in 1,200 years
"Climate change is here and now," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal. "If a 1,200 year mega-drought isn't enough to make people realize that, I don't know what is."
‘Loudest alarm bell yet’: Unprecedented water shortage declaration for US West
"Climate change is an emergency."
California oil lobby seeks to strip environmental protections for groundwater amid...
The move could make it harder for landowners to sue companies that pollute water tables.
Forests vs. climate change: Researchers race to understand what drought means...
We’re already seeing signs of accelerated forest mortality around the world. And it’s not just arid regions that may see forest die-offs, new research finds.
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Why capitalism relies on nature and care work it does not pay for
Modern economies depend on unpriced ecosystem functions and undervalued care and reproductive labor—essential inputs that are difficult to commodify. This tension helps explain environmental degradation, social strain, and the limits of market systems.
The US-Israeli war on Iran is illegal. Here’s why that matters.
If this war continues without accountability, it threatens even more dire consequences in years ahead.
Does not our ongoing, epic failure to obstruct immorality confirm America as an immoral...
What morally deficient country tolerates blatant wickedness without rising up to avert the next outrage? His re-election was bad enough; tolerance of evil is worse.
Nicotine-based vaping likely causes lung, oral cancers, new comprehensive review
The review noted that the aerosols exhibit nearly all ten "key characteristics of carcinogens" identified by the World Health Organization.
‘Product of USA’ becomes a real standard enforced by USDA
The new standard, finalized in March 2024 and fully enforceable since the start of 2026, closes this gap and practice that often misled consumers who believed they were supporting American ranchers.